*1. What are the major differences between management and leadership?
3rd Edition p. 40
4th Edition p. 57
5th Edition p. 88
6th Edition p. 92

Management: Schools are managerially tight but culturally loose. Is doing the right thing.
Leadership: Schools are managerially loose by culturally tight. Is doing things right.


*2. According to Karl Weick, what is meant by a managerially loose but culturally tight school?
3rd Edition p. 45-45
4th Edition p. 57
5th Edition p. 8-89
6th Edition p. 92-93

leadership as a process that helps teachers students, and others to construct meanings from their experiences.

3. Discuss Etzioni's coercive, remunerative, and normative strategies to get people involved.
3rd Edition p. 50
4th Edition p. 61
5th Edition p. 92
6th Edition p. 96-97

Coercive: you work because of a threat of penalties

Remunerative: promise of rewards such as money
Normative: you work because you feel that what you’re doing is right


4. Following Etzioni, how does the new theory of management incorporate all three motivation rules?
3rd Edition p. 52
4th Edition p. 62
5th Edition p. 94-95
6th Edition p. 98-99

What is good gets done, what is rewarding gets done, what is rewarded gets done?

5. Why does leadership today need to be value-added instead of value-free?
3rd Edition p. N/A
4th Edition p. 63
5th Edition p. 96
6th Edition p. 99-100

You can't keep your beliefs out of your decisions. How things are done becomes more important than what is done. Leadership has value and meaning, it should be an investment in others.

6. Describe the traditional theory of control vs. the new theory of control. Which approach is used in your school?
3rd Edition p. 52
4th Edition p. 64
5th Edition p. 96
6th Edition p. 1001

Traditional = Power over approach New Theory = Power to approach

*7. How are collegiality an natural interdependence used in supervision of a school?
3rd Edition p. 55 and 56
4th Edition p. 67
5th Edition p. 97 and 99
6th Edition p. 102-103

Leadership is less intense and encourages collaborative culture.
Principal doesn't provide much leadership, it is less formal. Collaboration is encouraged.

*8. What are the basic principles needed in organizing our schools?
3rd Edition p. 57-58
4th Edition p. 69
5th Edition p. 99-100
6th Edition p. 104
  • Cooperation
  • Empowerment
  • Responsibility
  • Accountability
  • Meaningfulness
  • Ability-Authority